Hello everybody and welcome to my new blog! My last blog was about The Most Beautiful Dive Site. Check it…

Mantas, Sharks & UW Photo/Video Workshops in Micronesia at MantaFest 2019 - Small contest, BIG PRIZES! MantaFest is an annual…

One of the greatest shows underwater is seeing Yap's resident manta ray population fully engaged in courtship - "dancing mantas".…

Manta rays – the diver's dream. Belonging to the family Mobulidae, there are two species of Manta Ray often seen…

Learn Pictorial Design in UW Photography Balance, harmony, pattern, unity, contrast, proportion, variety and movement in your image, is pictorial…

Science and fascination within one's reachEvery year, during the mating season of the manta rays in Yap, scientists and interested…

Participants get photographic tips from experts at photographic scuba shoot-out The 9th Annual Manta Fest Photo Festival was held at…

Animal had fishing lines wrapped around its body In May 2015, dive instructor Paul Slater was on a group dive…

For budget-friendly tropical liveaboard diving and encounters with everything from ocean giants to tiny macro treasures, you can’t beat Thailand.…

Looking for a new dive destination for 2020? We’ve got you covered with 14 of the best marine protected areas…

Hello everybody and welcome to my new blog! My last blog was about my dive experience in Thailand. Check it…

Bull sharks might have a bad reputation as being aggressive but diving with these sharks is a truly magical experience.…

Palm trees, crystal clear water, white sand…the Maldives. Reethi Faru Resort, a hidden ocean paradise. This time, our host was…

Cocos Island is an island far off the Pacific coast of America. The island belongs to a trio of islands…

What diver doesn’t dream of diving in the Maldives? And what scuba instructor doesn’t dream of working there? This one…

Kia ora! (Hello) My name is Dan and I am an underwater photographer and proud Mares Ambassador from Auckland, New…

MantaFest photography workshop & image festival is going on it’s 11th year and ever-evolving with new advanced workshops and shooting…

As a Mares Ambassador, I had the honour of being a part of an extraordinary expedition, organised by the Ocean…

Raja Ampat, best known for its diversity of marine life, can best be described as a coral reef on steroids:…

The biggest in prizes that is. This summer some photographers are going to win almost $10,000 in Mares gear along…

Every year, over the months of June/July, we spend 40 days on South Africa's "Wild Coast" waiting for the mass…

CITES voted yesterday (4th October) on proposals to list silky sharks, all three species of thresher sharks and all nine…

MantaFest is an annual international photography festival held in Yap at Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers that is known for being…

Finning, bycatch in commercial fishing, over fishing, sport fishing, contamination, pollution and targeted killing let the shark populations rapidly sink…

There is no doubt Jacques would be jealous. Sure, he had pristine reefs and healthier fish populations but the guy…

Ten countries have been named as The World's Ten Best Ethical Destinations for 2016 by Ethical Traveler, a nonprofit project…

Getting Up Close And Personal With Residents Of The Reef If Paradise exists on Earth, it must be nestled right…

Wrecks, drift drives, with lots of sharks, manta rays and macro life – Palau has everything that divers would wish…

The Art of “Underwater Flight” The dance of mantas in the ocean certainly leaves no diver unmoved. The majesty of…